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堀

11 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
｜ 土 尸 山 凵
ditch, moat, canal
Kun:
ほり
On:
クツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1285 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 堀 【ほり】 moat, fosse, canal, ditch
  • 堀江 【ほりえ】 canal

Readings

Japanese names:
ほっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1, jue2
Korean:
gul

Spanish

  • zanja
  • foso
  • canal

Portuguese

  • trincheira
  • fosso
  • canal

French

  • canal
  • fossé
  • douves
1824 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
941 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1095 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1837 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1154 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1847 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1804 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1942 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1260 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
378 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
561 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1071 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5205 Morohashi
467 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1036 New Nelson (John Haig)
1062 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1142 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1417 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1476 2001 Kanji
3b8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4717.2 Four corner code
1-43-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5800 Unicode hex code

川

3 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun:
かわ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
  • 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
  • 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
  • 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 さわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuan1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • arroyo
  • río

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
  • radical rivière (no. 47)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
48 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
41 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
49 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
33 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
548 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
6 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8673 Morohashi
6 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 New Nelson (John Haig)
127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
21 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
2200.0 Four corner code
1-32-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ddd Unicode hex code

憲

16 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
二 亠 土 宀 心 買
constitution, law
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
551 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 憲章 【ケンショウ】 charter
  • 憲政 【ケンセイ】 constitutional government, exemplary government, excellent government
  • 違憲 【イケン】 unconstitutionality
  • 改憲 【カイケン】 constitutional change, revising the constitution

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
heon

Spanish

  • regulación
  • ley
  • norma
  • funcionario

Portuguese

  • Constituição
  • lei

French

  • constitution
  • loi
773 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
863 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
852 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
943 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1342 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
622 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1322 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2562 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
787 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3001 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2091 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1568 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11269P Morohashi
2368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 New Nelson (John Haig)
1554 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1674 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
429 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
991 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
758 2001 Kanji
3m13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
3033.6 Four corner code
1-23-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61b2 Unicode hex code

司

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 亅 口
director, official, govt office, rule, administer
Kun:
つかさど.る
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
759 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 司 【シ】 office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
  • 司会 【シカイ】 leading a meeting, presiding over a meeting, officiating at a ceremony, chairmanship, chairman, presenter, host, moderator, master of ceremonies
  • 公司 【コンス】 company (in China), firm
  • にぎり寿司 【ニギリズシ】 nigirizushi, hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood

Kun reading compounds

  • 司る 【つかさどる】 to be in charge of, to manage, to direct, to administer, to preside over, to rule, to govern, to control

Readings

Japanese names:
つ、 つか、 つかさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • dirigir
  • gobernar
  • ordenar

Portuguese

  • diretor
  • oficial
  • escritório do govt
  • regra
  • administrar

French

  • directeur
  • fonctionnaire
  • bureau administratif
  • gouverner
  • administrer
412 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
524 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
497 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
712 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
877 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
761 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
400 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
164 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
842 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
861 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1204 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
318 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3648 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1861 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2538 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1881 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3257 Morohashi
2931 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1863 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2007 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
451 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3549 2001 Kanji
3d2.14 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-4 SKIP code
1762.0 Four corner code
1-27-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f8 Unicode hex code